Storm Station
Bonfield, Illinois
50°
Mostly clear· Feels like 50°·Light air 3 mph E
Areas of fog before 9am. Mostly sunny. High near 73, with temperatures falling to around 70 in the afternoon. Northeast wind 0 to 5 mph.
-UV
-Air quality
92%Humidity
36%Cloud

What is measuring near here

The 4 instruments nearest Bonfield, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 4.7 miles away.

measured now2 instruments

KankakeeIKK

At an airfield/12.2 mi away/630 ft/1 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank281of 417

Midewin Tallgrass PrairieWMGI2

At a river or reservoir gauge/13.9 mi away/561 ft/68 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank39of 417

measured daily2 instruments

Bonfield 4.8 ENEIL-KK-6

In a volunteer observer's own ground/4.7 mi away/653 ft/24 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Bourbonnais 3NWBOUI2

At a cooperative observer's station/6.6 mi away/659 ft/30 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Kankakee, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 12.2 mi from Bonfield. From its report of Sep 27, 2026, 7:35 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Broken at 300 ft; the ceiling is 300 ft; visibility 1/4 mi.

Section of the sky over Kankakee, height above the station to scale: broken cloud with its base at 300 feet, the ceiling at 300 feet, and visibility of 1/4 mi.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT IKKFIG. A THE SKY OVER KANKAKEESECTION, HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALE, EACH LAYER AT THE HEIGHT OF ITS BASE AS REPORTED; COVER IN EIGHTHS OF THE SKY; TOPS NOT MEASUREDFT ABOVE THE STATION05001,0001,5002,0002,5003,000ETAGESLOWTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETBKN 300 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 300 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 1/4 MI0510TITLEKankakee, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS IKKTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-IKK-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

47.5 F with a dew point of 46.0 F, 94 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 400 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 300 ft.

Chart of the air at Kankakee: temperature 47.5 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 46.0, 94 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 400 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 300 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT IKKFIG. B THE AIR AT KANKAKEETHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00030 F40 F50 F60 FSATURATES 400 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 45.6 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, BKN 300 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 47.5 F, 46.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 94 PER CENTTHE AIR COOLS ABOUT 5.4 F EACH 1,000 FT IT RISES, AND ITS DEW POINT ABOUT 1 FSOLID: THE LIFTED AIR'S TEMPERATURE; DASHED: ITS DEW POINTTITLEKankakee, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS IKKTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-IKK-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

Calm.

Plan of the wind at Kankakee, north up: calm; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 0, calm, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT IKKFIG. C THE WIND AT KANKAKEEPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONCALMBEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM0NOW, 0 MPH1LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEKankakee, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS IKKTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-IKK-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Kankakee, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

Measured at Bourbonnais 3NW (BOUI2), 6.6 miles from here, read 27 Sep, 07:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in Illinois

23 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.

Near Bonfield

The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.